To my brave auditioning actors,
Thank you so much for your amazing work in the auditions. I was so glad to get the chance to see each of you perform. It takes real guts to do what you have done, especially those of you auditioning for the first time. I am deeply humbled by the bravery and talent I have seen in the past few days. I hope to be able to work with all of you in at least some capacity in the future. We will still need hard working and smart techies backstage and an excited audience in the theatre for this show.
When casting there is so much for a director to consider. Some students have schedules which keep them from being involved, others were just not the best fit for this specific production. The strict nature of UIL competition rules means that there would not be a way for me to cast everyone I wanted to cast. The first meeting for students interested in being techies will take place Thursday, March 16th. Of course EVERYONE is invited and encouraged to come out to our next Drama Club meeting on Thursday, February 23rd. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Thank you again for your time, energy, and talent.
I am so excited to get to work on this play with you! Please read all the way to the bottom for information about the first rehearsal and what you will need to do to get ready.
A Note about Casting this Specific Play-
Due to the modular nature of our play- "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind" there is no easy way to cast everyone and give them a character name- names change from play to play and in many of the plays your character name will be your own name or a number. I have broken the play down into actor tracks which you will follow throughout the show, playing many parts in many plays. The number reflects the track you will follow. (This will all make more sense after the first read-through).
1
ANAAYA DIGHE
2
TEKIYAH ARNOT
3
JAELYNN WILLIAMS
4
CZISNY WILLIE
5
VANESSA ANDERSON
6
MIA THORNBERRY
7
CIARA KELLY
8
KENNEDY OLAKA
9
AUGUST BAXLEY
10
MEADOW DIETZ
11
KATE HATFIELD
12
BRAYLEN BRYANT
13
OLLIE ISMAIL
Cast members! Welcome, we are all in this together and I cannot wait to work with you on this amazing show. Our first rehearsal is Wednesday after school from 3:30-5. Please be prepared to be at that meeting.
If you have any questions about the show or your role, please come by and ask.
The show will have a google classroom where we organize things, share information, and act as our base of operations. The classroom code for that room is- cpc4vgx . You may sign in to the classroom.